The CSRT provides benefits that are career empowering and that support personal well being.
- Offers the most comprehensive and well-priced personal liability coverage available to respiratory therapists.
- Provides exclusive discounted rates for extended health benefits, auto and home insurance, gym memberships, and travel.
- Offers a wide range of continuing professional development opportunities.
The CSRT provides RTs with opportunities for networking, mentorship, and knowledge sharing.
- Establishes professional networks, including Clinical Simulation, Primary Care, and Home Ventilation (and the list of networks is growing!).
- Hosts Canada’s premier annual respiratory therapy conference
- Supports local communities with educational roadshows across the country
The CSRT advocates for RTs, patients and families, and for the RT profession in local communities, across Canada, and globally.
- Leverages the combined strength of RTs from across the country to support the needs of RTs and the profession in local communities.
- Establishes position papers, tools, and resources to support members’ advocacy and professional practice activitie
- Collaborates with provincial RT associations, and national/international advocacy groups such as HEAL (Organizations for Health Action), Choosing Wisely Canada, the Quality End of Life Care Coalition of Canada, the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, the International Council for Respiratory Care
The CSRT champions evidence-informed practice for respiratory therapists.
- Leads and supports research that advances the profession
- Fosters scholarship in the profession with research and education funding for RTs
- Publishes the open access and peer-reviewed Canadian Journal of Respiratory Therapy
- Actively engages in the development of clinical practice guidelines
CSRT Annual Reports
CSRT Accreditation Services
The Canadian Society of Respiratory Therapists (CSRT) has a strategic mandate to support the continuing professional development and practice of respiratory therapists across Canada and internationally.
Accreditation of External CPD Education Activities
CSRT accreditation of external education opportunities provides RTs with an assurance that these events have undergone an impartial assessment and evaluation, and that the content supports their continuing professional development.
Services for International RT Communities
The CSRT engages with RT communities in international jurisdictions on a range of issues including working to develop and/or evaluate practice and education standards for their jurisdiction.
Accreditation of Anesthesia Assistant Education Programs
CSRT accreditation of anesthesia assistant (AA) education programs is a means of assuring the public and the employers that graduates of a post-diploma AA education program have achieved the competencies for the safe and effective practice of anesthesia assistance, and that the AA education programs meet national standards.
